The US secretary of state has responded to international media outlets that wrote to him at the end of October urging his help in protecting journalists in Gaza.
“The United States has and will continue to underscore with Israel, and with all countries, that journalists must be protected from harm,” Blinken wrote in a letter that the French news agency AFP says it received on Tuesday.
“We stand unequivocally for the protection of journalists during armed conflict and mourn those who have been killed or injured,” Blinken also said, according to the AFP.
Israel has killed dozens of Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza since the war began, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists have also been killed since October 7.
Source: AlJazeera